Why Envy Is the Greatest Financial Mistake

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Today I’m reflecting on money, resources, and the quiet spiritual tension they carry in an anxious, topsy-turvy world of inflation, housing pressure, and endless uncertainty. I keep returning to one overlooked wisdom, the commandment that whispers rather than shouts: “do not covet.” Envy may be the most costly financial mistake we make, because it never rests, never fills, never lets the soul breathe. I’m inviting us into a different posture, away from constant maximizing and toward something gentler and stronger, satisfaction. Enough. Swedenborg reminds us that peace flows when external possessions submit to internal order, when love of use replaces love of self. That shift changes everything. Gratitude steadies us. Service reorients us. When we practice those daily, envy loosens its grip until it barely occurs to us at all. We may still desire, but without bitterness. We may still plan, but without panic. This is where spiritual perspective meets real life finances and something beautiful happens. We find peace. We find trust. We find that daily bread truly is enough.